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let's keep the conversation going on twitter at sanjay gupta cnn. time now for a check of your top stories from the cnn newsroom. >>> hello frp everyone. i'm don lemon in the cnn newsroom. something is killing children, dozens of them. some kind of bug, some kind of illness, and doctors are scrambling to find out what it exactly is. so far it's killed more than 60, all of them in cambodia, and as it stands right now there's nothing to stop it. >> it is very difficult to assess how dangerous and how rapidly spreading it will be if we don't know what we are dealing with. >> we have a crew in cambodia full of details in one minute for you here on cnn. a free election four decades overdue. the first real live democratic exercise in libya since the moammar gadhafi era. nearly 3 million libyans picked parliament members today waiting in long lines to vote at polling stations all across the country. we've heard a few disruptions but overall international election observers are pleased. >> in the rest of the country things have been going smoothly. reports
let's keep the conversation going on twitter at sanjay gupta cnn. time now for a check of your top stories from the cnn newsroom. >>> hello frp everyone. i'm don lemon in the cnn newsroom. something is killing children, dozens of them. some kind of bug, some kind of illness, and doctors are scrambling to find out what it exactly is. so far it's killed more than 60, all of them in cambodia, and as it stands right now there's nothing to stop it. >> it is very difficult to assess...
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now, let's get things going in cnn. >>> from the cnn headquarters in atlanta this is cnn sunday morning. extreme heat baking half of the country and more than 300,000 still without power and at least 30 dead. a cold front is on the way, but relief may come at a dangerous price. plus, a new discovery about a mystery illness. children dying from a frightening infection that kills within days. >>> and later, a mexican drug cartel busted on u.s. soil, and three tons of marijuana and $2 million in cash and you will million in cash and you will never believe what else. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good mornings, everyone, i'm randi kaye and thank you for starting the morning with us. we begin this hour with the h t heat. it has been so bad that 30 deaths across the united states are blame hed on the heat wave. we get more from melissa rainy. >> reporter: saturday brought another day of blistering heat and in some areas that is more triple temperatures. people are looking for relief wherev
now, let's get things going in cnn. >>> from the cnn headquarters in atlanta this is cnn sunday morning. extreme heat baking half of the country and more than 300,000 still without power and at least 30 dead. a cold front is on the way, but relief may come at a dangerous price. plus, a new discovery about a mystery illness. children dying from a frightening infection that kills within days. >>> and later, a mexican drug cartel busted on u.s. soil, and three tons of marijuana...
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. >>> but first, each week cnn's dr. sanjay gupta profiles innovators from all walks of life, all fields of endeavor. his program is called "the next list" and this sunday he talks with jose gomez marques who is turning toys into medical tools. >> i'm going to create the equivalent of what lego is today for toys, i want to have not just -- the movement of democratized innovation in health care. i want to do that for medical technologies. my name is jose gomes marques and i use toys to make affordable medical devices. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] what's the point of an epa estimated 42 miles per gallon if the miles aren't interesting? the lexus ct hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. the lexus ct hybrid. an accident doesn't have to slow you down. with better car replacement available only with liberty mutual auto insurance, if your car's totaled, we give you the money for a car one model year newer. to learn more, visit us today. responsibility. what's your policy? >>> it is a strange case renewing the debate
. >>> but first, each week cnn's dr. sanjay gupta profiles innovators from all walks of life, all fields of endeavor. his program is called "the next list" and this sunday he talks with jose gomez marques who is turning toys into medical tools. >> i'm going to create the equivalent of what lego is today for toys, i want to have not just -- the movement of democratized innovation in health care. i want to do that for medical technologies. my name is jose gomes marques...
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it's cnn presents cruise to disaster. 8:00 eastern time. some exclusive new images and details. make sure you tune in. >>> top of the hour now. i'm ashleigh banfield. i'm standing in for brooke baldwin. this is one of the hottest 4th of julys on record. it is steaming out there. extreme heat paralyzing much of the midwest and all the way up to the dakotas too. the heat index racing up into the 115s. the death toll from the heat and related storms now reaching 20. the virginias, in particular, having a terrible time. in some cases police are having to hand out ice. hundreds of thousands of people who have not had power since friday since a wave of violent storms hit pretty much at their wits end. lizzie has been following this story. there's a critical problem. west virginia hit the worst and they are talking about water now. water, a serious problem for a lot of people there. >> this is something a lot of people don't think about in the first wave of coverage of a storm. you tend to hear about power loss, but you have a lot of water systems that are running on electricity. a lot
it's cnn presents cruise to disaster. 8:00 eastern time. some exclusive new images and details. make sure you tune in. >>> top of the hour now. i'm ashleigh banfield. i'm standing in for brooke baldwin. this is one of the hottest 4th of julys on record. it is steaming out there. extreme heat paralyzing much of the midwest and all the way up to the dakotas too. the heat index racing up into the 115s. the death toll from the heat and related storms now reaching 20. the virginias, in...
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so for the 411, we tracked down our own cnn legal contributor, paul cal "outfront" with us now. >> with my cell phone. >> with your cell phone. somebody tracking you as we speak, my friend. is this a nefarious, sneaky thing, or is this a good thing? >> you know, my civil libertarian juices started flowing when i first heard about this story. you know, law enforcement violating the rights of american people. but i was talking to a close friend who is a prosecutor in new york, who was just kind of throwing the cold water in my face. and what he said was, this is ridiculous. he said, you know, they're talking about 1.3 million requests being made, nationwide, we're a country of about 314 million people, i think. so it's less than, you know -- less than half a percent of the population. by the way, over 2 million people are in prison in the united states. so it's less even than the percentage of convicted felons who are imprisoned. and these are situations where the court, judges have approved court orders and subpoenas and search warrants for these records. frankly, i don't see a problem.
so for the 411, we tracked down our own cnn legal contributor, paul cal "outfront" with us now. >> with my cell phone. >> with your cell phone. somebody tracking you as we speak, my friend. is this a nefarious, sneaky thing, or is this a good thing? >> you know, my civil libertarian juices started flowing when i first heard about this story. you know, law enforcement violating the rights of american people. but i was talking to a close friend who is a prosecutor in...
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cnn presents "cruise to disaster" begins right now. >>> friday the 13th of january. italian cruise ship costa concordia has just left port. the more than 4,000 passengers and crew on board had no idea of the terror that was about to unfold. >> and all of a sudden, bang. the lights went out. and the ship listed. >> the side of the ship is now the bottom of the ship. >> everybody was panicking, running for their own lives. >> it showed the kind of chaos, the ill preparedness the company had. >> and i can remember thinking, oh, my gosh, we're going to die. let's just get it over with. >> today, the costa concordia lies on its side off the italian island of giglio. one of the largest cruise ships in the world ripped apart by rocks. 32 people died on the ship, on that cold january night. a cnn investigation has pieced together the multiple failures of that night and the far-reaching consequences for the cruise ship lines. the tragic mistakes onboard the costa concordia raise the question, just how safe is going on a cruise? >> the safety of our passengers and cruise is ab
cnn presents "cruise to disaster" begins right now. >>> friday the 13th of january. italian cruise ship costa concordia has just left port. the more than 4,000 passengers and crew on board had no idea of the terror that was about to unfold. >> and all of a sudden, bang. the lights went out. and the ship listed. >> the side of the ship is now the bottom of the ship. >> everybody was panicking, running for their own lives. >> it showed the kind of chaos,...
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we shouldn't have had this contact. >> the last time -- >> locals told cnn the rocks concordia hit are clearly marked on nautical charts. >> every rock here is on the chart? >> every one, every one. that's why i think the only possibility should be only that one. >> such was the force of the collision, a huge chunk of rock the size of a car ended up embedded in the hull of the concordia. within moments, the engine room director reported the engine control room and the electrical panel were under six feet of water. but the severity of the situation was kept from passengers. >> everything is all right. please do not panic. everybody go to your room. it's okay. it's just a motor problem and the technicians are trying to fix it. a lot of people were not believing them. but there were a good majority of people who believed them and listened to them and went back to their rooms. >> but within an hour, passengers would be fighting the rising waters, desperate to escape the doomed costa concordia. great shot. how did the nba become the hottest league on the planet? by building on the cisco int
we shouldn't have had this contact. >> the last time -- >> locals told cnn the rocks concordia hit are clearly marked on nautical charts. >> every rock here is on the chart? >> every one, every one. that's why i think the only possibility should be only that one. >> such was the force of the collision, a huge chunk of rock the size of a car ended up embedded in the hull of the concordia. within moments, the engine room director reported the engine control room and...
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. >>> we have much more at the top of the hour when cnn "sunday morning" continues, including a story about one country banning circumcision. we'll tell you where and why and what's being told to overturn the ban. >>> first, "sanjay gupta m.d." begins now. >>> hello and thanks for joining us. on tap today, why the latest push by bill and melinda gates may be setting up this fight with the catholic church. >>> also, confronting the unthinkable. a teenage boy gets cancer, and his father discovers this remarkable source of help. >>> first, under the microscope. a new treatment for depression. a fascinating story. a disease, as you know, that affects more people than coronary heart disease or cancer. good news is that in most cases, it is treatable. medication such as anti-depressants can be effective. in milder cases, cognitive behavioral therapy has been shown to work just as well. unfortunately, for many people, nothing seems to help. and that's why it's exciting to hear about a totally new approach that involves a device that looks like a pacemaker. two wires inserted directly under t
. >>> we have much more at the top of the hour when cnn "sunday morning" continues, including a story about one country banning circumcision. we'll tell you where and why and what's being told to overturn the ban. >>> first, "sanjay gupta m.d." begins now. >>> hello and thanks for joining us. on tap today, why the latest push by bill and melinda gates may be setting up this fight with the catholic church. >>> also, confronting the...
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we think at cnn it's crucial that you see it and know how bad it's gotten in that country. you know, i have done something worthwhile. when i earned my doctorate through university of phoenix, that pride, that was on my face. i am jocelyn taylor. i'm committed to making a difference in people's lives, and i am a phoenix. visit phoenix.edu to find the program that's right for you. enroll now. [ male announcer ] even if you think you can live with your old mattress why not talk to one of the six million people who've switched to the most highly recommended bed in america? it's not a sealy, a simmons, or a serta. it's on record, he believes that that woman, that alleged stalker is dangerous. >> and poses a danger to not only him. >> does that pose a danger to his custody case in. >> it could potentially, but i think ultimately, he had body guards. this was a lapse in security. the woman should not have made it that far. i doubt it will happen again. they will be on heightened alert. the judge wants to make sure the children are safe and if they are not, you'll take court actio
we think at cnn it's crucial that you see it and know how bad it's gotten in that country. you know, i have done something worthwhile. when i earned my doctorate through university of phoenix, that pride, that was on my face. i am jocelyn taylor. i'm committed to making a difference in people's lives, and i am a phoenix. visit phoenix.edu to find the program that's right for you. enroll now. [ male announcer ] even if you think you can live with your old mattress why not talk to one of the six...
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joining me now from cairo is our cnn foreign affairs reporter. good morning. secretary clinton pushed morsi to assert the full authority of presidency. is she trying, do you think, to send a signal to military leaders? >> reporter: very much so. i think she's trying to send a message to everybody that democratic transition, everybody has a role. she's urging president morsy to get a constitution together, put a government together, and put together a parliament. of course, the military needs to try and step back now. she said yesterday during her meeting with morsi, urging the military to move back to its national security role. and to hand over to civilian authority. she's saying basically to the military, get back to your day job. if you look at sinai for instance on the border with israel, we have two american -- americans and their driver kidnapped over the weekend. that border is very unstable. you've got a lot of work to do on the security. leave the politics to the democratically elected president. >> and how were her comments received? when she met wit
joining me now from cairo is our cnn foreign affairs reporter. good morning. secretary clinton pushed morsi to assert the full authority of presidency. is she trying, do you think, to send a signal to military leaders? >> reporter: very much so. i think she's trying to send a message to everybody that democratic transition, everybody has a role. she's urging president morsy to get a constitution together, put a government together, and put together a parliament. of course, the military...
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. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> we want to show you this just in to cnn. take a look at these amazing pictures from one colorado springs neighborhood. these are just coming in to cnn. these pictures show complete devastation, wiped out homes. look at that. you have one frame of one brick home, not even wood home, brick home standing there. everything is completely gone. look across the street you can see a house that is standing that is completely untouched right across the street. it shows how actually discriminating this fire was destroying one home and leaving others untouched. interestingly, too, the lawn in front of that home is green an
. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> we want to show you this just in to cnn. take a look at these amazing pictures from one colorado springs neighborhood. these are just coming in to cnn. these pictures show complete devastation, wiped out homes. look at that. you have one frame of one brick home, not even wood home, brick home standing there. everything is completely gone. look across the street you can see a house that is standing that is completely untouched right across...
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susan candiotti, cnn, new york. >>> false, dishonest. mitt romney stopping just short of calling president barack obama a liar. the republican is spending his day fund raising in the south. he is fighting mad after the president refused to apologize for attacks on his former company, bain capital. mr. obama's deputy campaign manger says he committed a felony. >> i think when people accuse you of a crime, you have every reason to go after them pretty hard. i'm going to continue going after him. one after the other of their attacks have been shown to be dishonest and false. a campaign based on falsehood and dishonesty does not have long legs. >> i want to bring in our national political economist. we have seen this getting pretty ugly. does this resonate with voters when they hear the back and forth? >> i don't know. i talked to a few voters out there on the campaign trail. every one of them will tell you they hate this stuff. then every expert will say this works. there's a reason why the campaigns are going back and forth and there's a r
susan candiotti, cnn, new york. >>> false, dishonest. mitt romney stopping just short of calling president barack obama a liar. the republican is spending his day fund raising in the south. he is fighting mad after the president refused to apologize for attacks on his former company, bain capital. mr. obama's deputy campaign manger says he committed a felony. >> i think when people accuse you of a crime, you have every reason to go after them pretty hard. i'm going to continue...
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you can watch cnn from your mobile phone or you can watch cnn live right from your desk top. go to cnn.com/tv. wanted. new crest 3d white glamorous white toothpaste. your smile will shine brighter after just one brushing, and it removes up to 90% of surface stains in just 5 days. for a smile so white, you won't just be the ex-girlfriend. you'll be the one that got away. crest 3d white glamorous white toothpaste. life opens up when you do. glamorous white toothpaste. how did the nba become the hottest league on the planet? by building on the cisco intelligent network they're able to serve up live video, and instant replays, creating fans from berlin to beijing. what can we help you build? nice shot kid. the nba around the world built by the only company that could. cisco. >>> all right, welcome back, another massacre in syria and a record one-day toll in 16 months of fighting and should a tattoo count against receiving a u.s. visa? >>> also a close encounter with a 12-foot shark. >> allegations of another government massacre in syria? >> opposition activists say it's the deadl
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you'll see them in a report you'll only see right here on cnn. [ slap! slap! ] [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcium rich tums goes to work in seconds. nothing works faster. ♪ tum tum tum tum tums >>> rotting flesh, protruding ribs? now the treatment of wounded afghan soldiers in a kabul hospital has caught the attention of the pentagon because the military hospital is partly funded by the u.s. live pictures coming in here. this is a hearing happening right now into the claims of abuse here. i just want to give you a warning. time to pause, get the kids out of the room if you have little ones there, look away if you need to because the aim littles we're about to show you, they're tough to look at. but they're also very, very important here. cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr has our exclusive report. >> reporter: afghan soldiers starving, lying in dirty beds with festering wounds. denied painkillers. all of this at the kabul national military hospital, a hospital the u.s. paid more than $100 million to
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i am don lemon at the cnn head kwaurters. a special "global lessons, a gps road map for saving health care begins right now on cnn. >> welcome to a gps special. global lessons: the gps road map for saving health care. america's system of bringing us into this world, helping us stay alive and supporting us as we die is at a major cross roads. two years ago, president obama signed the most comprehensive overhaul of american medicine since medicare. this week, the supreme court upheld almost all of the law in a dramatic 5-4 ruling setting up what is sure to be a heating election year debate. meanwhile, our out of control health care costs continue to climb. no other nation spends more than 12% of its economy on health care. american spends 17%. what's more, we don't really benefit from the huge price tag. our healthy life expectancy, the standard measurement, ranks only 29th in the world behind slovenia. our infant mortality rate ranks 30th. it's more than twice that of sweden and japan. so what is our problem? in this hour, we'
i am don lemon at the cnn head kwaurters. a special "global lessons, a gps road map for saving health care begins right now on cnn. >> welcome to a gps special. global lessons: the gps road map for saving health care. america's system of bringing us into this world, helping us stay alive and supporting us as we die is at a major cross roads. two years ago, president obama signed the most comprehensive overhaul of american medicine since medicare. this week, the supreme court upheld...
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on cnn. >>> confusion from a lack of oxygen in a combat fighter jet. the problem inside the cockpit of the f-22. an airline has planes... and people. and the planes can seem the same so, it comes down to the people. because, bad weather the price of oil those are every airlines reality. and solutions won't come from 500 tons of metal and a paint job. they'll come from people. delta people. who made us one of the biggest airlines in the world. and then decided that wasn't enough. but they can be really well thexpensive.ted a puppy, so to save money i just found them a possum. dad, i think he's dead. probably just playin' possum. sfx: possum hisses there he is. there's an easier way to save. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. legalzoom has an easy and affordable option. you get quality services on your terms, with total customer support, backed by a 100% satisfaction guarantee. so go to legalzoom.com today and see for yourself. ...more talk on social security... ...but washington isn't talking to the american
on cnn. >>> confusion from a lack of oxygen in a combat fighter jet. the problem inside the cockpit of the f-22. an airline has planes... and people. and the planes can seem the same so, it comes down to the people. because, bad weather the price of oil those are every airlines reality. and solutions won't come from 500 tons of metal and a paint job. they'll come from people. delta people. who made us one of the biggest airlines in the world. and then decided that wasn't enough. but...
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. >> i want to bring up a tweet we saw from cnn contributor. he is a former speech writer for george w. bush. i would wonder whether the romney campaign wanted to be booed at the naacp. that whole line, could he maybe been aiming at his own base with that one? >> i asked the romney campaign that very question when we had a chance to talk with them. they did not respond to that question but were peppered with so many questions i think they were having trouble answering all of them. they didn't have time to answer all of them. i will say that mitt romney did get a lot of conservative props on twitter and social media for coming to this group and sticking to his principles and policy positions. he did not tailor his speech. he said he would repeal the president's signature legislative achievement, that is the health care law and tipped off a number of other iemts. and so even the leadership of the naacp that i talked to after this event were saying mitt romney showed a lot of courage in coming here today. >> speaking of props you eluded to this. t
. >> i want to bring up a tweet we saw from cnn contributor. he is a former speech writer for george w. bush. i would wonder whether the romney campaign wanted to be booed at the naacp. that whole line, could he maybe been aiming at his own base with that one? >> i asked the romney campaign that very question when we had a chance to talk with them. they did not respond to that question but were peppered with so many questions i think they were having trouble answering all of them....
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right now, cnn presents. >>> tonight, on "cnn presents," soldier guinea pigs. >> he received a high dose of the incapacitating agent. >> they were never supposed to talk about this. it was top secret. >> reporter: forgotten heroes. this expensive slice of california real estate is supposed to house america's homeless veterans. guess who we found sleeping outside. betrayal of trust? sexual assaults on the rise at the nation's prestigious military academies. >> i remember him turning off the lights and me asking, what are you doing? >> women who feel betrayed by the military they committed to serve. the pentagon's battle to do something about it. revealing investigations, fascinating characters, stories with impact. this is "cnn presents" with tonight's host, drew griffin. >> tonight, a special look at some of the men and women who have served our country. >>> opening investigations into the unbelievable injustices done to them. we begin with the startling story how u.s. soldierings were used as human guinea pigs. during the cold war the military embarked on a top secret program to test ch
right now, cnn presents. >>> tonight, on "cnn presents," soldier guinea pigs. >> he received a high dose of the incapacitating agent. >> they were never supposed to talk about this. it was top secret. >> reporter: forgotten heroes. this expensive slice of california real estate is supposed to house america's homeless veterans. guess who we found sleeping outside. betrayal of trust? sexual assaults on the rise at the nation's prestigious military academies....
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he's a cnn contributor. the shooting of heaven now has people really sitting up and looking at this story as if they weren't already with the numbers be way they are. is this going to make a difference? >> when you put a human face. >> it's a baby. >> a 7-year-old child. this beautiful girl and this murders have ranged from age 75 to 7. it really does highlight a crisis that's going on in the city of chicago. what's so stunning is this is against the trends we have seen in recent america. crime has been going down. murders have been going down. new york city just celebrated their first six months, only 193 murders. on pace to have under 400. >> let me go over those stats. john and i go back a long way. let's look at some of the stats for new york. the city of eight million people. about 190 murders for the first six months of this year. chicago, on the other hand, way smaller and the number of murders there 253. if you do the math, that means chicago's up by 38% and new york is down by 17%. it sort of defies
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on cnn saturday night. you know this well. the great recession hit wall street and then main street and now it's landing at the steps of city hall. this time public safety, your safety and my safety may take the hit. cuts in city service up for debate in cities large and small from camden to detroit to sacramento. cuts in fire and police protection, is it making all of us less safe. a good place to look for answers is in scranton where police saw their salaries cut to minimum wage. earlier i spoke with the scranton firefighter who described what he and his colleagues are going through. >> i'm a very proud parent. i'm proud to be a firefighter, but also i am more proud to be a parent and be able to provide for my family. i am concerned that if this maintains, i won't be able to do that. it's very stressful right now. without w that being said, i am fortunate to have a job in this economy, but i need to pay the bills. >> that was bob who is a police officer in scranton. this new rule means he is getting 7:25 an hour. thank you v
on cnn saturday night. you know this well. the great recession hit wall street and then main street and now it's landing at the steps of city hall. this time public safety, your safety and my safety may take the hit. cuts in city service up for debate in cities large and small from camden to detroit to sacramento. cuts in fire and police protection, is it making all of us less safe. a good place to look for answers is in scranton where police saw their salaries cut to minimum wage. earlier i...
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just ahead, the skyrocketing optimism revealed in our brand new cnn orc poll. and the surprising divide over which candidate they think will do a better job. also, a stunning turn in the strained relationship between the united states and pakistan. the pakistani government reopening a critical supply route for the united states and its allies as the secretary of state, hillary clinton, apologizes for the deadly nato attack that ultimately shut down that supply route. >>> and it's not a hose or shovel, but it's a laptop. why computers are now a cutting edge tool in the battle against the raging colorado wildfires. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." >>> first to our brand new cnn orc polls. this is issue number one, the economy. and a surprising jump in the number of americans who believe the economy will eventually get better. take a look at this. when asked about what economic conditions will be like next year, 60% now say
just ahead, the skyrocketing optimism revealed in our brand new cnn orc poll. and the surprising divide over which candidate they think will do a better job. also, a stunning turn in the strained relationship between the united states and pakistan. the pakistani government reopening a critical supply route for the united states and its allies as the secretary of state, hillary clinton, apologizes for the deadly nato attack that ultimately shut down that supply route. >>> and it's not a...
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ivan watson, cnn, doha. >> great reporting, ivan. nawaf al fares says the syrian opposition is claiming for some time. cnn's fredericka whitfield asked retired army general whether he is surprised to hear about a possible link between the al assad regime and al qaeda. >> they were providing safe haven and sanctuary to al qaeda elements transiting through damascus, going into iraq and killing iraqi civilians and killing american soldiers and we told him this must stop. >> the former syrian ambassador to iraq also telling ivan watson that he was furious that an al qaeda safe house was hit in iraq in 2008. does this information shed any new light on overall al qaeda sympathizers? >> well, what it demonstrates is that despite the syrian denunciation of al qaeda and their suggestion that they had nothing to do with al qaeda, that they were actively involved in al qaeda transiting syria, going into iraq and adding to the instability and a saf shakat was involved in that. >> what can the u.s. do with this information, if anything? >> i thin
ivan watson, cnn, doha. >> great reporting, ivan. nawaf al fares says the syrian opposition is claiming for some time. cnn's fredericka whitfield asked retired army general whether he is surprised to hear about a possible link between the al assad regime and al qaeda. >> they were providing safe haven and sanctuary to al qaeda elements transiting through damascus, going into iraq and killing iraqi civilians and killing american soldiers and we told him this must stop. >> the...
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this just in to cnn. new information out now on mississippi, george howe has been covering this story for us. about the abortion clinic there and it could have been the last in the state, the only one in the state that would have closed and mississippi would be the only state without an abortion clinic, which would be interesting for advocates, supporters of abortion and those who don't. what's the new information, george? >> here within the last ten minutes, we just confirmed that this clinic did get a temporary restraining order against this new state law. what that means is the clinic will be able to stay open under the temporary order and on july 11st, that's when decisions will be made again on the future of this clinic. but so far, it will stay open. it will open tomorrow and continue business as usual. under this new law that would force the clinic to shut down. >> i just want to, if you can hear me, i want to explain when we say under that new state law, we have to give our viewers background. tha
this just in to cnn. new information out now on mississippi, george howe has been covering this story for us. about the abortion clinic there and it could have been the last in the state, the only one in the state that would have closed and mississippi would be the only state without an abortion clinic, which would be interesting for advocates, supporters of abortion and those who don't. what's the new information, george? >> here within the last ten minutes, we just confirmed that this...
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"cnn newsroom" with carol costello begins right now. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> and good morning to you. i'm carol costello. we start with breaking news in the cnn newsroom. in just seconds, 200-page report will be posted online. it involves penn state and how it handled the child rape allegations against jerry sandusky. as you know, this scandal tarnished the legacy of a beloved football coach, damaged penn state's reputation, and left the lives of many of the victims shattered. this internal review conducted by former fbi chief louis free will be posted on the web. this report was paid for by penn state, and it is helped to be scathing. cnn is bringing you all of the angles of the story from penn state and behind. susan candiotti is in philadelphia like with sara ganim. her pulitzer prize-winning reports helped bring much of this to life. we will take you through the legal fallout from today's developments with legal analyst jeffrey toobin and paul calum. has the report been posted yet, susan? >> well, i just been emailed the opening remarks of former fbi director louis freeh.
"cnn newsroom" with carol costello begins right now. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> and good morning to you. i'm carol costello. we start with breaking news in the cnn newsroom. in just seconds, 200-page report will be posted online. it involves penn state and how it handled the child rape allegations against jerry sandusky. as you know, this scandal tarnished the legacy of a beloved football coach, damaged penn state's reputation, and left the lives of many of...
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>> yeah, look, even in cnn's latest poll, a majority of americans, 51% in c. this n's poll and the average is a 10% gap want the individual care in its entirety repealed so he's got a winning issue if he focuses on that and tells people he's going to repeal the whole thing. but saying it's a mandate in massachusetts and a tax at the federal level, people in des moines or toledo, don't understood the nuance between the federalism between what a state can do and the national government can do. they might as well bite the bullet and say it's a tax but it's going away under mitt romney. >> appreciate you all being on, thank you very much. >>> colorado's massive wildfire forced them from their homes. so what happens now to all those pets that have been left behind? that's next on the program. >>> possible glimpse inside the one is for a clean, wedomestic energy future that puts us in control. our abundant natural gas is already saving us money, producing cleaner electricity, putting us to work here in america and supporting wind and solar. though all energy develop
>> yeah, look, even in cnn's latest poll, a majority of americans, 51% in c. this n's poll and the average is a 10% gap want the individual care in its entirety repealed so he's got a winning issue if he focuses on that and tells people he's going to repeal the whole thing. but saying it's a mandate in massachusetts and a tax at the federal level, people in des moines or toledo, don't understood the nuance between the federalism between what a state can do and the national government can...
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cnn's susan candiotti is combing through all of the details along with our cnn contributors, such as sara ganim. also a team of producers is helping to go through that huge report. it's 200 pages long. of course we'll bring you the latest developments as we get them in to cnn. >>> we want to talk about other top stories this morning. 19 minutes past the hour. at the top of the however, we're going to get a new look at the case against george zimmerman. the florida state attorney will release new evidence to zimmerman's legal team that should include fbi interviews with more than 30 people relating to the shooting death of trayvon martin. we have a team of cnn producers there too that will scour those documents. they also will bring you the new developments in the george zimmerman case. >>> also, one day after mitt romney, it's vice president joe biden's turn to address the crowd at the naacp convention in houston. biden will deliver the keynote dress in just about an hour and 15 minutes from now. we'll bring that to you live. >>> in florida, the president of florida a&m university ha
cnn's susan candiotti is combing through all of the details along with our cnn contributors, such as sara ganim. also a team of producers is helping to go through that huge report. it's 200 pages long. of course we'll bring you the latest developments as we get them in to cnn. >>> we want to talk about other top stories this morning. 19 minutes past the hour. at the top of the however, we're going to get a new look at the case against george zimmerman. the florida state attorney will...
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rima, cnn, saudi arabia. >> now you know. they are rocking africa and defying the stereotypes and we will tell you about the heavy metal heroes of botswana when we come back. h it all, we've persevered, supporting some of the biggest ideas in modern history. so why should our anniversary matter to you? because for 200 years, we've been helping ideas move from ambition to achievement. and the next great idea could be yours. ♪ multi-policy discount. paperless discount. paid-in-full discount. [yawning] homeowner's discount. safe driver discount. chipmunk family reunion. someone stole the nuts. squirrel jail. justice! countless discounts. now that's progressive. call or click today. >>> well, when you think of african music, you don't think hard core rockers and well, you might need to think again. check out these guys, leather, spike, cowboy hats and not what you would expect to see in southern africa, but there is a growing subculture of metal heads in botswana. photographer frank marshall captures the rocker es in in all of
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the latest cnn orc poll shows just 27% of you say the economy is in good shape. 73% feel that the conditions are pretty poor. while rays of hope peek through the clouds from time to time, the u.s. economy is fragile right now. families are facing long-term unemployment. there are foreclosures, higher student loan payments, higher medical costs, so the notion that you may have to pay higher taxes by next year could make you to decide not to spend money you otherwise would have spent. i get it. everyone wants lower taxes. you can't have lower taxes. for years and years your federal government both political parties mismanaged the books and spent more money than they took in. our tax system is broken. half the country pays no income tax and the rich pay as a percentage of their income less than the middle class does. we have a tax system that needs entire overhaul and we have a lot of interest to pay on the debt that we have accumulated which is why at least for the moment you can't have a tax cut. what president obama wants to do is extend the tax cut that you have actually been living with fo
the latest cnn orc poll shows just 27% of you say the economy is in good shape. 73% feel that the conditions are pretty poor. while rays of hope peek through the clouds from time to time, the u.s. economy is fragile right now. families are facing long-term unemployment. there are foreclosures, higher student loan payments, higher medical costs, so the notion that you may have to pay higher taxes by next year could make you to decide not to spend money you otherwise would have spent. i get it....
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joining me now cnn's mohammed jam june. i thought the taliban had, well, maybe i was just too naive, but is this pervasive still in the country? >> carol it is such a horrible place for women in afghanistan. there was a report by human rights watch just this year that nine out of ten women there suffer physical, sexual or psychological violence or forced marriage at least once in their lifetimes. this atrocity that we are talking about today, this chilling video, this is something these reminding people of when the taliban ruled afghanistan, from 1996 to 2001. the video is horrific. you see a woman -- you see the woman sitting there on the ground. she is not moving. the man with the rifle comes up behind her. he shoots at her nine times. six more times after she slumped over, he is still shooting at her and then after she is dead earthquake the men in the hills that are surrounding the area that have witnessed this atrocity are cheering and crying out "god is great" so it really goes to show you just how bad the situation t
joining me now cnn's mohammed jam june. i thought the taliban had, well, maybe i was just too naive, but is this pervasive still in the country? >> carol it is such a horrible place for women in afghanistan. there was a report by human rights watch just this year that nine out of ten women there suffer physical, sexual or psychological violence or forced marriage at least once in their lifetimes. this atrocity that we are talking about today, this chilling video, this is something these...
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. >>> hello, everyone, you're in the cnn newsroom. we begin with politics, presidential politics. the president has two important campaigns stops in virginia today. in his own words, quote, if and when we get virginia, we will win this election. end quote. he won it in 2008. the stakes can't get any higher with. however this president not taking virginia for granted at all, is he? >> no, not at all, fredricka. the state has 13 electoral votes. very important to the president's reelection efforts. as you mentioned, he did win in 2008 but he was the first democrat to do so since lindon johnson in 1964. so it is by no means a reliably blue state. but the obama campaign is helping to keep virginia in the blue column. they are doing so, they hope, by arguing that the president will look out for the pr of middle class wheel mitt romney cares more about helping out the real wael think. let's see what he had to say at his first stop in glenn oak, virginia. he got rained on but let's hear what he had to say about mitt romney and republican fles congress. >> they will spend a lot of time ta
. >>> hello, everyone, you're in the cnn newsroom. we begin with politics, presidential politics. the president has two important campaigns stops in virginia today. in his own words, quote, if and when we get virginia, we will win this election. end quote. he won it in 2008. the stakes can't get any higher with. however this president not taking virginia for granted at all, is he? >> no, not at all, fredricka. the state has 13 electoral votes. very important to the president's...
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. >> well, if you have an out front strategy, jim acosta pushed him on issue of tax returns here on cnn. i wanted to play what jim got him to say. >> i've already put out one year of tax returns. we'll put out the next year of tax returns as soon as the accountants have that ready. and that's what we're going to put out. i know that there will always be calls for more. we're putting out what is required, plus more that is not required. those are the two years that people are going to have. that's all that's necessary for people to understand something about my finances. >> okay. made it very clear you're only getting two years. by the way, i, everybody, have the tax returns. everything that we have. it is a big stack. but homany months does it take? the guy's running for president. it's been three months after tax day. where are they? >> also, there's a precedent actually set by his father of 12 years of tax returns to really put it all out there. kill people with kindness. put it all out there. rather than dragging the feet, two years, and it makes it look like you're hiding something.
. >> well, if you have an out front strategy, jim acosta pushed him on issue of tax returns here on cnn. i wanted to play what jim got him to say. >> i've already put out one year of tax returns. we'll put out the next year of tax returns as soon as the accountants have that ready. and that's what we're going to put out. i know that there will always be calls for more. we're putting out what is required, plus more that is not required. those are the two years that people are going...
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take a look at this second cnn poll on registered voters choice for president. no change since may. president obama still at 49%. mitt romney at 46%. what is going on here? what does it mean for the race for the white house? joining me now for our story, one of the leading voices speaking out, michele bachmann. congresswoman, thank you for joining me again. why are you so opposed to universal health care for all? >> we want health care for everyone. we want it at the cheapest possible price for the american people and for everyone involved. we want the highest possible quality for the greatest number of people and part of the problem with obama care has been that it is absolutely exploded cost. president obama promised that every american would save $2,500 a year on their health care premium and the reverse happened, going up by $2,200 so that's a $5,000 swing from what the president promised. costs are exploding. we're beginning to see denial of care by the obama care board so this is not a very good scenario where we're spending more money and we're getting less for it. i think th
take a look at this second cnn poll on registered voters choice for president. no change since may. president obama still at 49%. mitt romney at 46%. what is going on here? what does it mean for the race for the white house? joining me now for our story, one of the leading voices speaking out, michele bachmann. congresswoman, thank you for joining me again. why are you so opposed to universal health care for all? >> we want health care for everyone. we want it at the cheapest possible...
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we have much more ahead here on cnn saturday morning. >> from world headquarters in atlanta this is cnn saturday morning. >> it is humiliating shambles, isn't it? >> i cannot disagree with you. >> an embarrassing scandal for the london games, how the firm tasked with protecting the olympics failed and what new dangers may be lurking. this morning we put olympic security in focus. later, new details on the aurora shooting suspect. we'll tell you what cnn has learned about his mental state before the shooting. as chick-fil-a tries to spread its wings some cities want to clip them. we'll talk to one politician that says not in my town. >>> good morning, everyone. i am randi kaye. 8:00 on the east coast, 5 a.m. on the west. thanks for waking up with us. just hours after the opening ceremony a chinese woman has won the first gold medal in the london olympics. she competed in the 10 meter air rifle competition and to recap the highlights queen elizabeth officially opened the 2012 games with an epic journey through the u.k. history. danny boyle was the creative mind behind the $42 million show
we have much more ahead here on cnn saturday morning. >> from world headquarters in atlanta this is cnn saturday morning. >> it is humiliating shambles, isn't it? >> i cannot disagree with you. >> an embarrassing scandal for the london games, how the firm tasked with protecting the olympics failed and what new dangers may be lurking. this morning we put olympic security in focus. later, new details on the aurora shooting suspect. we'll tell you what cnn has learned about...
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our brand new cnn poll. we take the most recent national surveys, the latest ones, average them all together. 47% for the president. 45% for romney the republican challenger. that is about as tight as you'll get. there's been a lot on this campaign so far the last couple months. a lot of fireworks. those numbers the needle is not moving much in the overall national horse race. >> that makes it so interesting. all right. thanks, paul. >>> imagine your boss tells you he or she is cutting your pay, slicing it down to minimum wage. you'd probably be upset. that is happening in one pennsylvania city. we'll take you there. you know, i have done something worthwhile. when i earned my doctorate through university of phoenix, that pride, that was on my face. i am jocelyn taylor. i'm committed to making a difference in people's lives, and i am a phoenix. visit phoenix.edu to find the program that's right for you. enroll now. in every way, shape, and form. it's my dream vehicle. on a day to day basis, i am not using ga
our brand new cnn poll. we take the most recent national surveys, the latest ones, average them all together. 47% for the president. 45% for romney the republican challenger. that is about as tight as you'll get. there's been a lot on this campaign so far the last couple months. a lot of fireworks. those numbers the needle is not moving much in the overall national horse race. >> that makes it so interesting. all right. thanks, paul. >>> imagine your boss tells you he or she is...
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cnn is looking into those. today we'll tell you the story of molly and the ninth anniversary of finding her remains. joining me is her sister heather. heather, good morning to you. thank you for sharing your story with us. >> good morning. >> the area that molly was found was heavily wooded, certainly not a place most people visited. do you think that the person that took your sister, who took molly had to be familiar with that area? >> absolutely. where molly was taken from at cummings pond was not a well known pond. it was down a dead end street. there were no signs advertising cummings pond. it is a pond where mostly people fished but some people came and brought their kids to swimming lessons, and it wasn't a well-advertised town beach. where molly was found was also a very wooded area, very thick under brush, steep hill, lots of bushes, lots of trees, not a trail in the area, not a well-traversed area and more hunting ground, so it gives us the picture the person that took molly may have been a fisherman,
cnn is looking into those. today we'll tell you the story of molly and the ninth anniversary of finding her remains. joining me is her sister heather. heather, good morning to you. thank you for sharing your story with us. >> good morning. >> the area that molly was found was heavily wooded, certainly not a place most people visited. do you think that the person that took your sister, who took molly had to be familiar with that area? >> absolutely. where molly was taken from...
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cnn has it closer. nothing has changed in america today after the supreme court opinion. >> you think anything has changed, maria? >> i do think something has changed. that's people are really starting to understand what obama care is going to bring them, their families, especially those families with children, with preexisting conditions, seniors who can now afford prescription drugs, kids who can now stay on their parents health insurance policies. the white house has a significant opportunity that they didn't do good enough the first time around. that's really talking to the american people about all the terrific benefits, including the fact that the republican spin on the health care act is just wrong. because this will be one of the greatest tax cuts to middle class families in history. i do think things have changed. >> hold on, hold on. >> there's a poll out there that actually says that the american people are looking more positively towards this. so we're going to move forward and continue to t
cnn has it closer. nothing has changed in america today after the supreme court opinion. >> you think anything has changed, maria? >> i do think something has changed. that's people are really starting to understand what obama care is going to bring them, their families, especially those families with children, with preexisting conditions, seniors who can now afford prescription drugs, kids who can now stay on their parents health insurance policies. the white house has a...